Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 47% higher boost clock speed: 1650 MHz vs 1124 MHz
1761.6x more texture fill rate: 79.20 GTexel/s vs 44.96 GTexel / s
Around 20% higher pipelines: 768 vs 640
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 10 nm vs 28 nm
3x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 75 Watt
Around 46% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 14238 vs 9744
Around 66% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6889 vs 4148
Around 66% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6889 vs 4148
Around 43% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 311 vs 217

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	31 Oct 2020 vs 13 March 2015
Boost clock speed	1650 MHz vs 1124 MHz
Texture fill rate	79.20 GTexel/s vs 44.96 GTexel / s
Pipelines	768 vs 640
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 75 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	14238 vs 9744
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6889 vs 4148
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6889 vs 4148
PassMark - G2D Mark	311 vs 217

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M

3x more core clock speed: 914 MHz vs 300 MHz
Around 17% higher memory clock speed: 1000 or 2500 MHz vs 2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective)
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3715 vs 3462
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3715 vs 3462
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 3214
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3358 vs 3214
Around 31% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2577 vs 1972

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	914 MHz vs 300 MHz
Memory clock speed	1000 or 2500 MHz vs 2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3715 vs 3462
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3715 vs 3462
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358 vs 3214
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358 vs 3214
PassMark - G3D Mark	2577 vs 1972

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

14238

9744

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6889

4148

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6889

4148

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3462

3715

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3462

3715

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3214

3358

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3214

3358

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

311

217

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1972

2577

Name	Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M
Geekbench - OpenCL	14238	9744
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6889	4148
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6889	4148
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3462	3715
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3462	3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3214	3358
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3214	3358
PassMark - G2D Mark	311	217
PassMark - G3D Mark	1972	2577
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		42.396
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		373.644
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		2.54
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		39.412
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		139.158
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		3350

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.1	Maxwell
Code name	DG1	GM107
Launch date	31 Oct 2020	13 March 2015
Place in performance rating	523	797
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1650 MHz	1124 MHz
Compute units	96
Core clock speed	300 MHz	914 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	633.6 GFLOPS (1:4)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	5.069 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	2.534 TFLOPS
Pipelines	768	640
Pixel fill rate	39.60 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	79.20 GTexel/s	44.96 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	75 Watt
CUDA cores		640
Floating-point performance		1,439 gflops
Transistor count		1,870 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support		1
HDMI
VGA аnalog display support		1
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x4	PCIe 3.0 x8
Width	IGP
Bus support		PCI Express 3.0
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.1	12.0 (11_0)
OpenCL	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	68.26 GB/s	32 or 80 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective)	1000 or 2500 MHz
Memory type	LPDDR4X	DDR3 or GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
Adaptive VSync
Ansel
BatteryBoost
CUDA
DSR
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI